Solastalgia

IS the success of a holiday all down to the weather? It certainly is when you are in the Hebrides, though we always go well prepared for the worst, and take lots of books too so that after wet walks w

The connection between nature and creativity comes in many forms. Here, artists, writers and musicians talk about the different ways in which they take inspiration from the outdoors - and share the places that fuel their imagination

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

Interior designer Henry Prideaux explains why he and his family return to Wales’ Llŷn Peninsula time and again

Norman Hadley shares a tale of youthful misadventure, when a navigational mistake on the Cairngorm plateau seemed to defy all constraints of space and time

IF YOU LISTEN to BBC Radio 2, you may have heard me on the Jeremy Vine show last month, extolling the virtues of towing a caravan for your summer holiday. These little homes on wheels we pull get a ba